1.   And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in.

2.   A resounding majority of the sizable Israeli-Arab community, in particular, sat out the race to express their profound alienation from the Jewish establishment of Israel.

3.   In the four other by-elections, Labour -- as expected -- held on to fairly safe seats with resounding majorities.

4.   The vote marked the second occasion in two days that Sharif has flaunted his resounding majority in the House.

5.   The vote marked the second occasion in two days that Sharif has flaunted his resounding majority.

6.   Recent opinion polls in Britain indicate that a resounding majority of the population would vote against abolishing the pound in favour of the euro.